Ratings and Rating Scales Are Commonly Used in Police Performance

question 14

Multiple Choice

Ratings and rating scales are commonly used in police performance appraisal. The recommended method for making these as objective as possible is:

• A) to have supervisors rate one another's subordinates
• B) to apply behavioral anchors to the rating scales
• C) to have supervisors complete the ratings only once per year
• D) to have supervisors refer to past-year ratings when doing their appraisals of subordinates

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